1947 Season- Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

1947 Season


Negro National League II


1946 / 1948



John H. Johnson (President)
Alex Pompez (Vice President)
Curtis Leak (Secretary)
Abe Manley (Treasurer)

Top Hitter


Henry
Kimbro

Top Pitcher


Max
Manning

Leaders

Runs Scored

# Player Team R
1
Henry Kimbro
BEG
70
2
Tommy Butts
BEG
50
3
Butch Davis
BEG
50
4
Minnie Miñoso
NYC
42
5
Monte Irvin
NE
41
6
Lester Lockett
BEG
41
7
Jim Gilliam
BEG
40
8
Jerry Benjamin
HG
38
9
Lennie Pearson
NE
37
10
Luke Easter
HG
35

K/BB

# Player Team SO/BB
1
Luis Tiant
NYC
3.18
2
Rufus Lewis
NE
2.70
3
Lino Donoso
NYC
2.56
4
Max Manning
NE
2.48
5
Bill Byrd
BEG
2.46
6
Frank Thompson
HG
2.45
7
Johnny Wright
HG
2.25
8
Jonas Gaines
BEG
2.12
9
Roy Partlow
PS
2.00
10
Willie Pope
HG
1.68


Players

Bats:

Throws:

#
Player
Team
Age
Pos
PA
IP
Height
Weight
Bats Throws
Birth
Death
1
NBY
35
RF
5
5'11"
171
R
R
10/10/1911 (Collierville, TN)
2
NE
34
P
2
5.1
5'11"
175
L
R
1/25/1913 (Brevard, NC)
3/25/1971 (Cincinnati, OH)
3
NE
24
P
3
12.0
5'11"
185
11/4/1922 (Newark, NJ)
8/8/1965 (death place unknown)
4
NYC
26
RF
24
5'8"
176
R
R
9/12/1920 (Remedios, Cuba)
5
HG
26
C
44
6'0"
170
R
R
5/16/1921 (La Habana, Cuba)
6
PS
30
SS
202
5'7"
170
R
R
5/22/1917 (birthplace unknown)
1/15/1960 (Panama City, Panama)
7
NBY
28
CF
97
1.0
5'7"
152
R
9/20/1918 (Bridgeport, CT)
6/22/1992 (Bridgeport, CT)
8
NBY
-
1
9
HG
36
SS
253
5'9"
165
R
R
9/18/1910 (Sulligent, AL)
7/24/1976 (Pittsburgh, PA)
10
NBY
33
LF
93
66.1
6'2"
205
R
R
3/16/1914 (Durham, NC)
1/14/2000 (Durham, NC)
11
NBY
35
LF
89
15.2
5'8"
170
R
R
2/13/1912 (Joplin, MO)
7/1964 (Newark, NJ)
12
NYC
33
P
9
11.2
5'6"
168
B
R
10/30/1913 (Greenville, NC)
1/8/1983 (Miami, FL)
13
NE
25
1B
7
6.2
5'9"
165
L
6/15/1922 (Suffolk, VA)
7/9/1970 (death place unknown)
14
HG
37
CF
225
5'9"
165
B
R
11/9/1909 (Montgomery, AL)
11/23/1974 (Detroit, MI)
15
PS
33
CF
201
5'9"
180
L
L
10/2/1913 (Pittsburgh, PA)
4/6/1999 (Philadelphia, PA)
16
BEG
23
P
50
130.0
6'2"
220
R
R
2/8/1924 (Plainfield, NJ)
5/17/2002 (Scottsdale, AZ)
17
NBY
21
C
2
5'10"
175
R
R
2/27/1926 (Staten Island, NY)
18
PS
29
RF
189
5'7"
19
NE
40
C
6
5'8"
165
L
R
6/3/1907 (New Orleans, LA)
11/1971 (Bronx, NY)
20
NBY
24
LF
4
5'11"
160
8/29/1922 (Tampa, FL)
9/11/1950 (Tampa, FL)
21
PS
39
P
56
68.0
5'11"
160
L
L
10/23/1907 (Hartsville, SC)
10/1985 (Philadelphia, PA)
22
NBY
23
1B
16
6'0"
148
7/15/1923 (Key West, FL)
12/3/1999 (Lithonia, GA)
23
HG
22
2B
141
6'1"
170
R
R
9/26/1924 (Pittsburgh, PA)
1/23/1990 (Pittsburgh, PA)
24
NE
1B
25
BEG
23
P
15
14.1
6'1"
180
L
R
6/26/1924 (Havre de Grace, MD)
1/31/2004 (Baltimore, MD)
26
BEG
27
SS
264
5'8"
142
R
R
8/27/1919 (Sparta, GA)
12/30/1972 (Atlanta, GA)
27
BEG
39
P
56
120.1
6'1"
210
B
R
7/15/1907 (Canton, GA)
1/4/1991 (Philadelphia, PA)
28
NYC
27
1B
184
5'11"
196
L
L
4/30/1920 (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
29
PS
28
C
144
6'1"
190
R
R
2/21/1919 (Round Oak, GA)
9/12/2011 (Philadelphia, PA)
30
NYC
27
LF
172
5'11"
165
R
R
31
HG
LF
2
32
NE
P
2
7.0
33
NBY
26
1B
93
6'2"
210
L
L
3/22/1921 (Whiteland, IN)
1/18/2011 (Rancho Cordova, CA)
34
NYC
27
P
15
42.0
5'10"
170
L
L
9/14/1919 (Mobile, AL)
7/14/1994 (Miami, FL)
35
PS
42
LF
22
6'2"
180
L
R
5/19/1905 (Mexia, TX)
3/30/1974 (Memphis, TN)
36
NYC
25
P
1
1.0
5'8"
165
L
L
4/14/1922 (Marshall, TX)
12/13/1992 (Dallas, TX)
37
NBY
30
P
13
26.2
6'0"
155
R
9/27/1916 (Cheraw, SC)
4/29/1990 (death place unknown)
38
BEG
31
LF
288
6'0"
220
L
R
5/4/1916 (Charlotte, NC)
11/28/1988 (Charlotte, NC)
39
NE
30
LF
234
25.0
6'2"
217
R
R
2/6/1917 (Ashland, VA)
11/17/1982 (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
40
NBY
30
P
4
10.2
5'10"
144
R
10/11/1916 (Key West, FL)
6/22/1986 (Miami, FL)
41
PS
29
1B
184
6'0"
170
R
R
2/10/1918 (Nashville, TN)
3/6/2001 (Nashville, TN)
42
NYC
23
2B
149
5'11"
180
R
R
5/30/1924 (Marianao, Cuba)
43
NYC
25
2B
4
1922 (birthplace unknown)
44
NE
23
2B
132
6'1"
180
L
R
12/13/1923 (Camden, SC)
6/18/2003 (Montclair, NJ)
45
NYC
24
P
33
78.1
5'11"
160
L
L
9/23/1922 (La Habana, Cuba)
10/13/1990 (Veracruz, Mexico)
46
NYC
29
RF
154
6'2"
215
L
L
8/12/1917 (Caibarién, Cuba)
3/28/1997 (Evanston, IL)
47
PS
24
2B
168
5'10"
170
R
R
12/20/1922 (Philadelphia, PA)
7/12/2015 (Philadelphia, PA)
48
HG
27
2B
13
5'7"
156
R
R
2/4/1920 (New Orleans, LA)
12/9/2008 (Los Angeles, CA)
49
HG
31
LF
251
6'4"
240
L
R
8/4/1915 (Jonestown, MS)
3/29/1979 (Euclid, OH)
50
NE
21
P
2
6.1
5'11"
150
10/17/1925 (St. Louis, MO)
11/1/2017 (Plano, TX)
51
NBY
20
P
2.0
6'3"
176
R
11/3/1926 (Lamar County, GA)
9/22/1983 (Atlanta, GA)
52
NBY
27
CF
37
5'10"
165
B
R
9/8/1919 (Spring Creek, AR)
5/20/1982 (San Diego, CA)
53
NYC
51
-
1
5'8"
170
R
R
6/6/1896 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
7/20/1972 (Guanabacoa, Cuba)
54
NE
17
P
1.1
9/21/1929 (Chestertown, MD)
10/11/2002 (Newark, DE)
55
HG
24
P
34
41.0
6'2"
197
R
R
8/2/1922 (Manassas, VA)
6/4/2004 (Manassas, VA)
56
BEG
22
3B
19
5'8"
190
R
R
11/4/1924 (Akron, OH)
3/17/1998 (Akron, OH)
57
NBY
20
LF
8
5'10"
150
2/27/1927 (Bloomfield, NJ)
5/17/1972 (East Orange, NJ)
58
23
C
4
6'0"
180
R
R
6/3/1924 (Montclair, NJ)
1/27/1998 (Trenton, NJ)
59
BEG
32
P
28
66.0
5'10"
155
R
L
1/9/1915 (New Roads, LA)
8/6/1998 (Baker, LA)
60
NYC
33
SS
176
0.1
6'0"
195
R
R
10/11/1913 (Limonar, Cuba)
8/28/1977 (Matanzas, Cuba)
61
HG
37
C
48
6'1"
180
R
R
3/19/1910 (Chattanooga, TN)
2/11/2000 (Pittsburgh, PA)
62
NBY
30
RF
34
5'10"
180
L
L
63
BEG
18
2B
248
5'10"
175
B
R
10/17/1928 (Nashville, TN)
10/8/1978 (Inglewood, CA)
64
PS
20
C
87
6'3"
197
R
R
9/19/1926 (Wachapreague, VA)
4/16/2011 (Yeadon, PA)
65
PS
22
P
16
32.1
6'3"
195
R
R
9/29/1924 (Gouldtown, NJ)
11/9/2012 (Gouldtown, NJ)
66
NBY
34
P
33
51.2
6'3"
200
R
R
10/1/1912 (Liberty, TN)
11/8/1977 (Indianapolis, IN)
67
BEG
23
RF
188
5'8"
170
R
R
5/2/1924 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
6/20/2010 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
68
NE
22
P
12
20.0
6'1"
175
L
L
8/29/1924 (Huttig, AR)
8/21/1999 (Skokie, IL)
69
HG
25
P
1
1.2
5'11"
173
R
R
4/6/1922 (Raleigh, WV)
8/25/1998 (Cleveland, OH)
70
NBY
21
SS
121
6'0"
155
R
R
12/1/1925 (Lakeland, FL)
71
HG
42
-
2
5'10"
168
L
R
6/10/1905 (Calhoun, AL)
2/23/1978 (Los Angeles, CA)
72
PS
23
P
14
36.1
6'1"
162
R
R
3/1/1924 (Philadelphia, PA)
12/23/2004 (Meadowbrook, PA)
73
PS
-
74
NE
29
RF
208
6'1"
238
L
R
5/28/1918 (Saint Michaels, MD)
6/27/1992 (Montclair, NJ)
75
NBY
37
C
121
5'10"
195
L
R
4/27/1910 (Independence, MO)
11/16/1988 (Auburn Park, IL)
76
HG
25
LF
5'11"
182
L
L
3/7/1922 (Clarksburg, WV)
3/10/1998 (Erie, PA)
77
NE
-
1
78
NE
31
P
29
79.2
6'0"
169
R
R
6/28/1916 (Sanford, NC)
12/18/1977 (Newark, NJ)
79
NBY
22
SS
5
6'2"
175
R
11/28/1924 (Haleburg, AL)
11/25/2017 (Greensboro, NC)
80
NE
28
CF
240
6'1"
195
R
R
2/25/1919 (Haleburg, AL)
1/11/2016 (Houston, TX)
81
HG
29
3B
165
5'5"
160
R
R
2/15/1918 (Marietta, GA)
4/12/1987 (Rockville, MD)
82
BEG
-
R
R
83
NYC
24
P
5
13.2
5'7"
160
R
R
3/15/1923 (Hampden Sydney, VA)
4/23/2002 (Farmville, VA)
84
HG
27
P
26
52.0
5'6"
165
L
L
6/27/1920 (Wytheville, VA)
2/14/2011 (Southfield, MI)
85
BEG
35
CF
278
5'8"
175
L
R
2/10/1912 (Nashville, TN)
7/11/1999 (Nashville, TN)
86
NBY
33
2B
1
6'2"
210
10/19/1913 (East Orange, NJ)
1/29/1969 (Binghamton, NY)
87
HG
32
2B
15
5'8"
140
R
R
2/16/1915 (Birmingham, AL)
88
HG
24
-
1
5'9"
150
8/12/1922 (Bullard, TX)
2/10/2020 (Wiergate, TX)
89
HG
39
1B
138
5'10"
185
L
L
9/8/1907 (Rocky Mount, NC)
11/27/1997 (Rocky Mount, NC)
90
NE
27
P
48
111.0
6'0"
180
R
R
12/13/1919 (Johnston Station, MS)
12/17/1999 (Southfield, MI)
91
BEG
35
3B
283
5'10"
185
R
R
3/25/1912 (Princeton, IN)
10/4/2005 (Chicago, IL)
92
NYC
27
C
121
5'10"
172
R
R
8/19/1919 (West Point, VA)
8/31/1989 (Newark, NJ)
93
NE
49
C
80
6'1"
235
B
R
7/27/1897 (Caldwell County, TX)
9/22/1965 (Los Angeles, CA)
94
NE
28
P
60
130.0
6'4"
180
R
R
11/18/1918 (Rome, GA)
6/23/2003 (Pleasantville, NJ)
95
BEG
30
C
37
6'3"
198
R
R
9/1/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
10/10/1990 (Los Angeles, CA)
96
HG
21
RF
248
5'10"
174
R
R
10/28/1925 (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico)
97
NYC
34
2B
69
5'9"
155
R
R
10/20/1912 (Santiago, D.R.)
4/14/1992 (Santo Domingo, D.R.)
98
NBY
P
4
9.0
99
PS
37
P
18
36.2
6'0"
180
R
R
4/3/1910 (Houston, TX)
2/9/1981 (Brooklyn, NY)
100
PS
29
P
50
112.1
6'0"
178
R
R
7/17/1917 (Glenolden, PA)
8/30/1972 (Philadelphia, PA)
101
NYC
23
3B
192
5'10"
175
R
R
11/29/1923 (Perico, Cuba)
3/1/2015 (Chicago, IL)
102
NYC
37
P
24
63.1
5'11"
170
L
R
6/3/1910 (Shreveport, LA)
5/24/1962 (New York, NY)
103
HG
34
C
141
5'9"
190
L
R
1/3/1913 (Baldwin County, GA)
3/16/1983 (Pittsburgh, PA)
104
NBY
30
P
28
57.2
5'10"
175
L
R
12/12/1916 (Wilmington, NC)
5/10/1996 (death place unknown)
105
NYC
28
C
59
5'11"
210
R
R
3/15/1919 (Central Hatillo, Cuba)
5/9/1998 (Brooklyn, NY)
106
NYC
33
CF
175
5'9"
180
B
L
2/23/1914 (Matanzas, Cuba)
107
NE
30
C
132
5'11"
195
R
R
6/19/1917 (Chester, SC)
9/13/1987 (Salisbury, NC)
108
NBY
24
3B
145
5'8"
170
R
R
9/11/1922 (Panama City, Panama)
7/9/2016 (Valley Stream, NY)
109
PS
35
P
45
87.1
5'11"
180
L
L
6/18/1912 (Washington, GA)
4/19/1987 (Cherry Hill, NJ)
110
MULT
27
CF
114
5'10"
190
R
R
9/9/1919 (Greenwood, SC)
10/26/1991 (Pittsburgh, PA)
111
NE
35
3B
198
5'11"
185
B
R
12/19/1911 (East Chicago, IN)
5/16/1984 (Houston, TX)
112
NE
25
P
6
20.2
5'8"
140
R
R
8/6/1921 (Kittrell, NC)
11/3/2002 (Chester, PA)
113
NE
29
1B
236
6'2"
214
R
R
5/23/1918 (La Grange, GA)
12/7/1980 (East Orange, NJ)
114
HG
20
1B
8
5'11"
210
L
L
5/22/1927 (Pittsburgh, PA)
6/25/2017 (San Jacinto, CA)
115
BEG
20
P
14
37.2
6'0"
160
R
R
5/20/2001 (Toa Alta, Puerto Rico)
116
BEG
41
C
44
5'10"
176
R
R
6/26/1906 (Dawson, GA)
1/24/1958 (Birmingham, AL)
117
HG
28
P
34
89.0
6'3"
230
L
R
12/14/1918 (Birmingham, AL)
6/10/2010 (O'Hara, PA)
118
NBY
21
P
1
4.0
6'1"
170
R
R
6/26/1926 (New York, NY)
9/21/1979 (Los Angeles, CA)
119
NBY
20
2B
24
3.2
5'10"
165
R
R
4/18/1927 (Bayonne, NJ)
10/12/2017 (death place unknown)
120
PS
27
P
4
11.0
6'4"
195
R
R
9/1/1919 (Lexington, NC)
7/15/1987 (Brooklyn, NY)
121
BEG
37
C
109
5'11"
180
R
R
5/30/1910 (Birmingham, AL)
10/13/1997 (Kings Mountain, NC)
122
PS
P
3.0
L
123
BEG
28
P
56
111.1
5'10"
160
L
L
12/15/1918 (Shreveport, LA)
11/25/2004 (Farmville, VA)
124
NYC
29
P
44
77.2
6'1"
180
L
L
11/11/1917 (Gatún, Panama)
5/24/1991 (Glen Ridge, NJ)
125
NBY
42
2B
77
5'7"
162
R
R
11/30/1904 (West New York, NJ)
4/6/1981 (Jersey City, NJ)
126
PS
23
LF
120
0.1
6'1"
180
L
R
12/3/1923 (Atlanta, GA)
4/3/1979 (Akron, OH)
127
HG
31
P
24
45.0
6'1"
185
B
R
4/23/1916 (Ansley, LA)
5/25/2011 (Richmond Heights, MO)
128
NBY
30
RF
101
L
L
1917 (birthplace unknown)
129
BEG
41
3B
12
5'10"
155
R
R
10/23/1905 (Oxford, AL)
3/16/1974 (Louisville, KY)
130
NBY
27
3B
31
5'9"
151
R
R
8/4/1919 (Gretna, LA)
5/17/2003 (Gretna, LA)
131
NBY
28
-
3
5'10"
175
R
R
1/17/1919 (Dawson, GA)
4/20/1992 (New York, NY)
132
NBY
42
P
14
39.2
6'0"
212
L
L
5/9/1905 (Kent County, MD)
1/1/1959 (New York, NY)
133
NE
P
10
22.2
R
134
HG
28
P
38
96.0
5'4"
140
L
L
10/26/1918 (Merryville, LA)
2/1983 (Memphis, TN)
135
HG
30
RF
173
11.0
6'1"
205
L
L
5/14/1917 (Kellyville, OK)
10/31/1998 (Wichita, KS)
136
NYC
40
P
32
79.2
5'10"
150
L
L
8/27/1906 (La Habana, Cuba)
12/10/1976 (Milton, MA)
137
BEG
29
C
89
6'2"
205
R
R
1/4/1918 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
8/21/1994 (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
138
NE
P
3
4.1
139
HG
32
P
19
53.2
6'1"
197
R
R
8/20/1914 (Arboa, FL)
140
HG
27
P
12
33.1
5'8"
151
L
L
10/20/1919 (Baltimore, MD)
6/25/2009 (Mountainside, NJ)
141
BEG
31
1B
231
6'2"
185
L
R
1/9/1916 (Montgomery, AL)
7/22/1984 (Detroit, MI)
142
PS
31
3B
190
5'4"
145
L
R
10/16/1915 (Drury, MD)
3/26/1987 (Bolton Hill, MD)
143
BEG
21
P
41
101.1
5'11"
170
R
2/26/1926 (Lake Alfred, FL)
9/18/1997 (Winter Haven, FL)
144
NBY
42
1B
26
6'0"
218
B
R
4/23/1905 (Birmingham, AL)
9/2/1969 (Philadelphia, PA)
145
BEG
28
3B
160
5'11"
165
R
R
8/27/1918 (New Orleans, LA)
3/13/1993 (New Orleans, LA)
146
NE
21
CF
205
5'6"
150
L
L
10/1/1925 (Philadelphia, PA)
8/11/2008 (Brantford, Canada)
147
NE
30
P
29
51.1
5'9"
165
R
R
1/18/1917 (birthplace unknown)
12/28/2000 (Philadelphia, PA)
148
NE
19
SS
173
5'9"
175
B
R
7/10/1927 (Orlando, FL)
7/23/1994 (Orlando, FL)
149
PS
22
P
11
31.0
5'11"
180
R
R
11/15/1924 (Philadelphia, PA)
3/3/1996 (Philadelphia, PA)
150
NE
22
3B
132
5'11"
197
R
R
2/22/1925 (Dallas, TX)
4/23/1985 (Dallas, TX)
151
31
LF
97
6'1"
155
B
R
9/15/1915 (Yazoo City, MS)
12/23/1986 (St. Louis, MO)
152
HG
30
P
34
89.2
5'11"
175
R
R
11/28/1916 (New Orleans, LA)
5/10/1990 (Jackson, MS)
153
NE/PS
29
C
15
5'10"
175
R
R
8/25/1917 (Windsor, NC)
7/14/1992 (Camden, NJ)
154
HG
34
1B
107
6'1"
230
R
R
6/13/1913 (East Saint Louis, IL)
8/3/1967 (Chicago, IL)

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